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Bid Book Submission Conference Call with Sunil Gulati and David Downs Quote Sheet
U.S. Soccer President SUNIL GULATI
Opening comments:
"It's a very exciting time for U.S. Soccer obviously with the National Team starting to train on Monday and the World Cup a few weeks away as well as today's event, which is a milestone in the process of bidding for the World Cup. In some ways, it culminates 16 years of planning because I think we started thinking about another World Cup the day after the last one finished in July of 1994, but really a process that's been about two years in the making. The technical specifications that were laid out for the World Cup today have been met and exceeded in all cases by a terrific effort by our bid and the five books they presented to FIFA. We're excited about the possibility of the World Cup returning to the U.S. In a conversation today with an executive committee member of FIFA, the question was: Should FIFA be looking for a safe and easy World Cup where everything is in place or should they be looking for one with great legacy potential? Overhearing this conversation, I interjected, 'Well, at least in one case they didn't need to decide between the two.' In the case of the United States, you could meet both those objectives: A World Cup that could be played as quickly as FIFA would like it, whether it's in '18 or '22 that meets all their standards without need for public funds, without need for building any infrastructure or stadiums and one that would have an extraordinary legacy. Projections of that legacy were based very much on what we've done in the last 25 years and certainly in the 16 years since the last World Cup."
On the thought process behind proposing specific events in specific cities, such as Miami, New York and Dallas:
"The first comment that I'd make is all of that is very preliminary. The greatest strength of our bid is perhaps the flexibility. What I mean by that is we have multiple stadiums, multiple cities that can meet FIFA's specifications for any event, whether it's a game or a congress or an international broadcast center. Obviously, in terms of the brand new stadium in Dallas, it's an extraordinary venue so it's front and center of a number of things, but there are multiple venues that could host any individual game, we have lots that hold more than 80,000 and we certainly have many cities that we think would be attractive locations for an event whether it's a FIFA congress, a FIFA draw or a World Cup final.
On what needs to happen for the U.S. to win the bid:
"I think we need to make the case that's made in the bid book. There are two parts to this process. We've finished one. We have an extraordinarily well-done technical bid. We now need to convince at least 13 people that based on the bid, our experience and history of events in the U.S. and what the potential of having the U.S. enter the world scene in a very different way than what has even been done so far, would be extraordinary to the game. That it would be game-changing in some ways. We start the race with three confirmed votes from CONCACAF. We're the only ones that can do that, for either '18 or '22, the only Confederation or group that has made a public statement that they would be supporting in such numbers. We think that's a big plus."
On whether the Arizona immigration law has come up and whether he is concerned that some other states are considering similar legislation:
"No one has raised it at FIFA. Secondly, it is a question that we've been asked. We were asked last Friday in a joint press conference with Justino Compeán the president of the Mexican federation. My comments were two-fold. One is that it's a long way between now and 2018 and 2022. You have a piece of legislation that's been approved in Arizona, which is obviously very emotional. The effort there is to strike a balance between legal issues and human rights and human issues. I think there will be a better balance struck soon. It's being challenged legally; it's obviously being challenged in public opinion. I think that's about as much as we can say about it. At this stage, they're part of the bid. We've got 18 cities, so we have plenty of options, and I don't mean just regarding this issue, but it's a long time between now and 2018 and I'd be very surprised if there weren't some changes along the way. It would be a very different issue if we were hosting the World Cup in six months."
On whether the bid committee would not select Phoenix, Ariz., if the U.S. were to host the World Cup in six months:
"We'd have to think long and hard about it. I'm not prepared to say that today. I think they've struck the balance in a way that is not the way I'd strike the balance. My hope is that there will be some changes in that legislation, whether it's because of legal issues or public opinion. But public opinion is a little awkward to rely only on because the Gallup polls, so to speak, nationally show a majority of Americans in favor of the measures that Arizona has taken. It's not one that shared by me, certainly. I don't think I'm prepared to say how we'd react if it happened in six months. We have 18 cities, we only need 12. It may not need to cost us votes because it may cost the state."
On the total expense projection for the tournament and total revenue projection, and the difference in projections from 2018 to 2022:
"The latter is easy, it's 2.5 percent. We're not going to get into the details of the expense projection but I think you can look at the cost in the revenue side as ballpark-ish $1 billion. So to be clear, there, we are talking about the organizing committee, not what happens at local levels to hotels and those sorts of things."
On what was learned from Chicago's failed Olympics bid:
"I don't think we learned very much. We made it very clear early on when we started bidding several years ago that the processes were very different, the people are obviously different. The FIFA Executive Committee is 24 people. I know all of them individually and have known some of them for 25 years. It's impossible to have that same situation with the IOC with 120-125 people voting. I don't think we learned much from that process. We don't have some of the same issues that Chicago and the American Olympic movement faced regarding the television coverage and so on. While we were obviously disheartened that Chicago didn't fare better, I don't think we learned anything from that process."
On where he sees the U.S. bid being superior to other bids:
"I'm not going to comment on any specific bid but I don't see any competitor having the same characteristics and qualities the U.S. has. We have 5 million tickets available for sale in a U.S. hosted World Cup. No one else will be close to that. We have 18 cities proposed; no one else is close to that. I don't know the number of international airports we have, no one else is close to that. We have 320 million people and an average per capita income and so on and so forth. I don't think anyone in the world that is bidding measures up to all of those characteristics. We have more registered players than anyone else. We have more ticket buyers for this World Cup than anyone else, with complete respect to all of our opponents, and they are credible opponents. On a technical basis, our bid far exceeds the standards and I don't see how anyone else could technically match the standards at the level we've met."
On the importance of the informal conversations in convincing the FIFA Executive Committee that the U.S. bid is the best:
"Two things, the Executive Committee members aren't the ones that come on the formal tour. That's a group that is appointed by FIFA that consists of a number of people but no one from the Executive Committee is on that. How important are the informal conversations? I spent the last four days in Bangkok, Seoul and Tokyo. I'm going to be in Abidjan next week, so I guess we think they're pretty important."
On how having another WC in the U.S. would help exposure of the game:
"The first World Cup changed the landscape of the United States in an extraordinary way when looked at nothing beyond the birth and continued success of MLS, but in so many other ways. The potential upside for a second World Cup in the United States, to me, is virtually unlimited. I come back to the comments I made earlier about the things that we have that none of our competitors have. We have 320 million people. If we get even a small percentage increase of them turned on to the game in a way that follows the team or MLS now, it would be extraordinary growth. If American television gets involved in the World Cup in the same way that American television essentially funds the Olympic movement, that would be a landmark change in the way FIFA's revenues and therefore FIFA's programs around the world are. It's a very large country. We don't need to rival the NFL to have a multiple or exponential increase in the popularity of the game in the U.S."
On how much of an impact the World Cup in South Africa will have on the U.S. bid:
"South Africa has been a historic decision by FIFA and I think it will be a great tournament. We're looking forward to it. Clearly FIFA had to make an investment and they have the resources to do that, which is fine. We think that an American-hosted World Cup, while being financially very successful for FIFA, really the big game-changer in the World Cup will be what happens after. When America is fully tuned in, in a way England or Brazil might be to a World Cup, when American commercial partners are and so on. So, it's not mostly or even primarily a story of economics. It's not simply the dollars that are generated through ticket sales. It's that five million tickets are available, so when we look at that, we look at, obviously not five million unique individuals because people go to multiple games, but five million people get to participate in a World Cup in a live way. It's not simply multiplying that by a ticket price and saying there will be $1 billion in revenue. So, yes, it will be commercially, very successful, we have no doubt about that. Mr. Blatter opened with his comments saying that the U.S. had changed the way the World Cup is viewed by not only being the first country to sell every ticket, but by being able to also fill every seat in the stands, which is true. Those of you who were at games will remember. Even for games that were not considered premier games in another country, we had 70, 80, 90,000 people. For exhibition games we regularly have some of those attendances because we have so many different communities from around the world. I don't want to overdo the economics. It will be very, very successful financially; we have no doubt about that. A big part of that is we don't have to spend money on infrastructure. Not only do we not have to do it, we don't have to ask the U.S. government or any state government to do it."
On the cities that would be training sites fit into the picture:
"It allows us to spread the message of the World Cup in direct participation beyond the 'X' venues, let's say that's 12 for the purposes of discussion. So we'll have 32 teams participating, they'll have training camps all over the country, as was the case in 1994. You're going to have fans that are going to games all over the country, whether it's by car or flying, so there are many ways, and we've had a number of cities that decided in the end they couldn't participate in a being a venue and host city, but we have 32 cities offered as training camps, 118 different training sites available. There aren't many countries in the world that can provide that. But I think it opens up the World Cup to a number of venues, a number of cities and states that aren't viable as venues for games themselves because they don't have a large stadium."
On the biggest challenge that the bid faces:
"I think the challenge is people that have to make a decision. We're not putting data into a computer and spitting out a result. Emotion matters, legacies matter, rotation matters to certain people. I wish that mattered a lot, because if it did, it's CONCACAF's turn. I think all of those things, when you're talking about a campaign, human nature, lots of things will influence people; which is why having completed the first part, we will focus very much on the campaign. But we've already been doing that. In some ways we've been doing it for a long time, not just the last six months or two years, through personal relationships. The other thing that is really a plus for us and is really linking the two, we don't have to explain to too many people on the executive committee or on this call the venues we have, the hotels we have, which is probably the largest hotel inventory anyone's ever had, contracted for an event. People understand what U.S. Soccer is all about. What they don't understand is how big the sport is in the United States in all cases. That's something that we have to tell them. I'm still continually asked, whether it's by my undergrads at Columbia or members of the media here in Europe, 'When will American soccer take off?' Then we start citing all those statistics about the attendances at the league, about the success of the national team, about the ticket buyers and so on. That's a message we need to make sure everyone on the FIFA Executive Committee understands, how big the game is, but how much potential there is as well. If we get that message across, then I think the case is impossible to overlook."
On the importance of the performance of the U.S. team in regards to the bid:
"I could answer that question halfway through it, and then again at the end of it. 'How important is the performance of the U.S. team? Very important. Certainly to everybody at this table and certainly to the person sitting across from me, the captain of the team. We want to do well at the World Cup. Expectations are higher, we're realistic about them and we're hoping to get a few more guys fully healthy. I don't want to make too much of it to the bid. In that case, there are countries that are bidding that don't have a team here. So we'd already be ahead of the game, I guess. We think it could help if we do well because we will be in the public eye more when the team does. But the U.S. team doing well is important for so many reasons that are important for the development of the game and to the confirmation of everything this team has done over the last few years."
USA Bid Committee Executive Director DAVID DOWNS
"I'd just like to add a big 'Thank you,' to the cities who have backed this bid. We are nothing but a consortium of 18 fantastic municipalities that have been with us from Day One. We've had a long and exhausting selection process first to start out with approximately 70 markets and make it down to 27 and finally to 18. They really make up the bid. If you go through the book you'll see the stadiums, you'll see a huge section on the cities and of course the U.S. government backing has been strong for us, as well. Again, as proud as we are of this little team for the amount of work that we've put into this representing our bid, it's clearly a bid that represents the entire country and not just a handful of people who have been focused on it."
On the importance of the performance of the U.S. team in regard to the bid:
"I think what is important to the bid in regard to the U.S. National Team is that the U.S. National Team is now competing in its sixth consecutive World Cup Finals. One of the subtle evaluations that a FIFA Executive Committee member has to think about when they're awarding a nation as a host nation is that the host team qualifies. If you're giving that spot to somebody that doesn't realistically have a chance to play in the World Cup, that has an impact on the tournament. If you're giving that spot to somebody that's traditionally participating, like the United States, that's a different dynamic."
U.S. Men's National Team Captain CARLOS BOCANEGRA
On the importance of the performance of the U.S. team in regard to the bid:
"The team doing well brings us into light in the media and the exposure, America loves winners and for us, it's an important tournament. We feel that we're at the level now where we need to be successful in these World Cups and we're going to try to go down there and do something special. MLS, I have to say, has been a major part in us being able to get into the game at a young age and train at a professional level. Hopefully a positive outcome in the World Cup down in South Africa can lead to more exposure for MLS as well and that in turn continues to grow our game in America and hopefully takes some of the other kids out of some of the other major sports and keeps them involved in soccer."


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ML pulsation with a large plateau at the trailing edge of the pulse. The same as in Fig. 1, but for .
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Nemanja Matic signed for Chelsea from Benfica in January 2014 having previously represented the Blues after joining from MSK Kosice in 2009.
During his initial spell at the club, he made three substitute appearances during 2009/10 season. His debut arrived when he was 21, during a 4-0 league victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers, and he also featured in our final-day 8-0 win over Wigan Athletic in 2010 which saw us clinch the title.
In August 2010, he went on a season-long loan to Vitesse Arnhem to gain more first-team experience and although the transfer to Benfica was agreed mid-season, Vitesse retained his services for the remainder of that campaign.
The 6ft 4in, left-footed player made his debut for the Portuguese club as a late substitute in a 2-1 win over Vitoria Guimaraes at the start of the 2011/12 campaign, and with the benefit of regular first-team appearances, his game matured.
Composed, comfortable in possession and with a good range of passing, he scored his first goal for the Lisbon club during a 4-1 win against Vitoria Setubal in January 2012, and acquired valuable Champions League experience, including games against Chelsea in both legs of the quarter-final on our way to winning the competition.
While his first season at the club was a solid one, the 2012/13 campaign saw Matic flourish. With Javi Garcia departing for Manchester City, he became a formidable presence in the centre of midfield, impressing to such an extent he was named Portuguese Player of the Month on three occasions.
He also added more goals to his game and a stunning volley in a 2-2 draw against Porto was this week voted second in FIFA's Puskas Award for the best goal scored anywhere in the world in 2013. He also netted the winner as Benfica beat Bayer Leverkusen in the second leg of their round of 32 Europa League clash.
Matic played in all but one of Benfica's matches as they progressed to last season's Europa League final, where they were beaten by Chelsea in Amsterdam.
They were also pipped to the Portuguese title by Porto, with a solitary point separating the two big rivals, but on a personal note, the season ended in a memorable manner for the Serbian when he was named Primeira Liga Player of the Year.
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There's yet another Guitar Hero game now? Are you kidding?? These things seem to come out more often than Prom Night zits. Didn't I just buy one chock full o' Beatles songs? What? That was Rock Band? Seriously, how is an old guy like me supposed to keep up with all of this??
Well, believe it or not, Activision has cranked out another Guitar Hero game. I think they're soon going to be giving the Madden franchise a run for their money as the most updated video game ever. While Madden gets new players every season, the Guitar Hero games get more songs. And while Madden adds refinements, enhancements, and improvements to the game play with each release, well, so does Guitar Hero.
In the case of the newest release, Band Hero, the refinements are easy for me to see as I have skipped the last few releases. The interesting thing about the core game play of Band Hero is that it seems as if the developers were able to hear my beefs with the earlier version that I have. For example, playing a set with my daughter always bred two arguments: who gets to play guitar (or, said another way, who gets demoted to bass) and exactly which of us bollocks up the song so badly. And, of course, I had always longed for the ability to create and save play lists. Absent the saving of play lists, all of that is available in Band Hero (and quite likely, older versions as well. How would I know?). With Band Hero, not only can my daughter and I both play the guitar and resolve any arguments concerning who missed the most notes at the end of each song, we could invite two other players to join us. Well, if we had two more guitars, anyway.
Also, having recognized that these games are often played at parties (and really, you haven't lived until you've heard Chuck singing 'Call Me'), it is now possible to allow new players to jump in (and presumably drop back out again) during a song. It is also possible to set the game style to allow the rest of the players to keep playing even if one of the other players is a complete beginner and can't hit a single note. And, from the very moment you slide the disk into the console, all songs are unlocked and available in the Quickplay list. I applaud this style of game play in all genres of video gaming. Nothing irritates me more than having to endure a long, drawn-out campaign/career mode in order to unlock content that I've already bought. There's a strong libertarian gamer streak in me; less structure and fewer mandates are always going to win my favor.
The second half of any new Guitar Hero game has to be the song list. All of that great game play would be wasted on a game with a song list limited to Ukranian folk songs unless, of course, you are one of the very few people on the planet that are thrilled with playing only Ukranian folk songs. Sure, they're OK now and then, but they wear thin after awhile. No, what you
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In the case of Band Hero that song is, of course, "YMCA" by the Village People. It's practically his personal anthem. He
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There are even songs that an oldster like me recognizes from groups like Cheap Trick, The Rolling Stones, Pat Benatar, Duran Duran, and Taylor Swift. Well, I only recognized Ms. Swift because I saw a NASCAR race once. Oh, and that little incident that caused me to drop my founding charter membership in the Kanye West fan club. Anyway, it's a varied mix and it's sure to ring a bell (so to speak) with just about everyone at your party. Interestingly, there is apparently the ability for your party guests to select songs to add to your play list from a Nintendo DS communicating with your Wii via WiFi. Your reviewer was unable to verify feature this because his daughter loaned her DS to a friend. It sounds neat, though.
At the $60 asking price, if you figure you're going to hate five of the songs it comes out to a buck a song, So, just about what it would cost to download from iTunes. And what if you find that you hate 20 of the songs? Well, just figure that it was worth $15 for the new game play and you're still coming out ahead.
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This season, Pettway had 47 tackles including 11.5 sacks. He was named a JUCO All-American.
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Blaster (computer worm)
The Blaster Worm (also known as Lovsan, Lovesan or MSBlast) was a computer worm that spread on computers running the Microsoft operating systems Windows XP and Windows 2000, during August 2003.[1]
The worm was first noticed and started spreading on August 11, 2003. The rate that it spread increased until the number of infections peaked on August 13, 2003. Filtering by ISPs and widespread publicity about the worm curbed the spread of Blaster.
On August 29, 2003, Jeffrey Lee Parson, an 18-year-old from Hopkins, Minnesota, was arrested for creating the B variant of the Blaster worm; he admitted responsibility and was sentenced to an 18-month prison term in January 2005.[2]
Creation and effects[edit]
According to court papers, the original Blaster was created after security researchers from the Chinese group Xfocus reverse engineered the original Microsoft patch that allowed for execution of the attack.[3]
The worm spread by exploiting a buffer overflow discovered by the Polish security research group Last Stage of Delirium[4] in the DCOM RPC service on the affected operating systems, for which a patch had been released one month earlier in MS03-026 and later in MS03-039. This allowed the worm to spread without users opening attachments simply by spamming itself to large numbers of random IP addresses. Four versions have been detected in the wild.[5]
The worm was programmed to start a SYN flood against port 80 of windowsupdate.com if the system date is after August 15 and before December 31st and after the 15th day of other months, thereby creating a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) against the site.[6] The damage to Microsoft was minimal as the site targeted was windowsupdate.com, rather than windowsupdate.microsoft.com to which the former was redirected. Microsoft temporarily shut down the targeted site to minimize potential effects from the worm.[citation needed]
The worm's executable contains two messages. The first reads:
I just want to say LOVE YOU SAN!!soo much
This message gave the worm the alternative name of Lovesan. The second reads:
Billy Gates why do you make this possible ? Stop making money
and fix your software!!
This is a message to Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft and the target of the worm.
The worm also creates the following registry entry so that it is launched every time Windows starts:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\windows auto update=msblast.exe
Side effects[edit]
Although the worm can only spread on systems running Windows 2000 or Windows XP (32 bit) it can cause instability in the RPC service on systems running Windows NT, Windows XP (64 bit), and Windows Server 2003. In particular, the worm does not spread in Windows Server 2003 because Windows Server 2003 was compiled with the /GS switch, which detected the buffer overflow and shut the RPCSS process down.[7] When infection occurs, the buffer overflow causes the RPC service to crash, leading Windows to display the following message and then automatically reboot, usually after 60 seconds.[8]
|System Shutdown:
This system is shutting down. Please save all work in progress and log off. Any unsaved changes will be lost. This shutdown was initiated by NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Time before shutdown: hh:mm:ss
Windows must now restart because the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Service terminated unexpectedly.
This was the first indication many users had an infection; it often occurred a few minutes after every startup on compromised machines. A simple resolution to stop countdown is to run the "shutdown -a" command in the Windows command line,[9] causing some side effects such as an empty (without users) Welcome Screen.[10] The Welchia worm had a similar effect. Months later, the Sasser worm surfaced, which caused a similar message to appear.
See also[edit]
- Helpful worm
- List of convicted computer criminals
- Spam
- Timeline of notable computer viruses and worms
- ^ "CERT Advisory CA-2003-20 W32/Blaster worm". Cert.org. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
- ^ "Blaster worm author gets jail time". infoworld. 28 January 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2008. "An 18-month prison sentence is probably the best that Jeffrey Parson could have realistically hoped for. The U.S. authorities have demonstrated their determination to deal with virus writers and other cybercriminals," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for security software company Sophos"
- ^ Iain Thomson. "FBI arrests 'stupid' Blaster.B suspect - V3.co.uk - formerly". vnunet.com. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
- ^ "MSBlast W32.Blaster.Worm / LovSan :: removal instructions". Able2know.org. 2003-08-12. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
- ^ "W32.Blaster.Worm". Symantec. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
- ^ "W32.Blaster.Worm : Technical details". symantec.com. December 9, 2003.
- ^ "Why Blaster did not infect Windows Server 2003 - Michael Howard's Web Log - Site Home - MSDN Blogs". Blogs.msdn.com. 2004-05-26. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
- ^ "Blaster technical details - Trend Micro Threat Encyclopedia". Trendmicro.com. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
- ^ "Blaster Worm-Virus or Its Variants Cause the Computer to Shutdown with an NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Error Message Regarding Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Service". HP Customer Care.
- ^ "What is the Blaster Worm". Techopedia. Retrieved 14 February 2013.


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I've had the pleasure of working with the owner and her staff for several parties over the past few years and have always had nothing but positive things to say. For starters, the shop itself is a trip back in time, a fascinating museum of the way we dressed and the way we were; there's a laid-back, inviting, and friendly vibe about the place; and it seems to be much larger than its square footage would indicate. There is an amazing amount of clothing, costumes, and accoutrements for any party or context, and I've always been pleased with the extremely helpful nature of the owner and staff. While the prices can quickly escalate when putting an ensemble together, I believe the personalized attention I've received, coupled with the fashion sense of the staff working there who've selected some awesomely unique costumes for me over the years, alleviates some of the sticker shock. It's unlikely that you could go anywhere else in Orlando and get as much attention to help with putting together and outfit or costume, even on short notice, as you could at Orlando Vintage.
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Wost personality of short blond lady – I went to the store looking for a Halloween costume. The lady started showing me the ugliest dresses so I told her I wanted something a little less plain (trying to be nice). She nastily replied, "These dresses are ANYTHING but plain." OK, I thought then you just have horrid taste. She refused to find out what style of dresses I was looking for, insulted my size, and blamed me for her not trying to help me. This is just a NASTY person and for the first time in my life I will say I hope this business fails.
WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER!! – We rented a 70's shirt for a local benefit party but realized when we got home the shirt had a stain on the front pocket. We called immediately to let them know and asked for a refund. The owner got on the phone a said she would only issue a refund if she was able to re-rent the shirt to someone else - seriously? With a stain? Luckily, we found a shirt from the closet that will work just fine.
These are some of the comments she actually said to us..
"I have a store full of people and don't have time to deal with you"
"if you found something in your closet that worked, maybe you should have checked there first"
"you only want to return the shirt because you found something else to wear"
"it's only 21 dollars"
"are you his wife?" as if it matters who I am - the shirt still has a stain!
"He's a big boy, he signed the release form, he should have looked at it more carefully" - I'm thinking really? You've had the shirt since the 70's and you never saw the stain!!
In the long run, she's right, the release was signed - but to be so unprofessional, basically calling us liars, is just so inappropriate. There are so many things she said that were just totally uncalled for, all while dealing with a store full of people...I hope they got better service than we did. We will never go back there or recommend this store to any of our friends - and this party comes around every year!
fun place to shop/ great selection – Orlando Vintage has quickly become one of my favorite stores in the Orlando area. The things they have you aren't likely to find anywhere else. Such a FUN place to shop. The store is full of SO MANY great things--from classic to funky--and they are always getting new items. Come to find out they do some of the outfitting for the TV show Mad Men- very cool. I love the store...it's one of Orlando's hidden treasures.
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Last year I had the opportunity to review Out of the Park '12 and while I love baseball, I'm terrible at sports games and I'm even worse at sports simulator or management games. Case and point, last year I chose to manage the Cincinnati Reds and hardly got the team off the ground. Still, that didn't stop Out of the Park '12 from being a great simulation. This year I'm going to take another shot at running a professional baseball team while seeing if Out of the Park '13 is any better than its predecessor.
Right off, the options from the start screen are the same as they were in OOTP12. You can load or continue a saved game, start a new season, relive a historical season or time period, create your own league with your own settings, or find and join an online league. Last year I started a standard season with the default MLB teams and settings, and I nearly crashed and burned with the Reds. This year though I decided to be a little more ambitious and create my own league, and I must say that this is actually one of my favorite parts of the game, if not my overall favorite and I really regret not getting more into this last year. There are so many different things you can do here to create your own league.
First off, you can actually choose from a pro or historical league as a template, or you can create a league from scratch, which is what I chose, so the next few steps may differ if you choose either pro or historical. Next you can decide whether you want one or two sub-leagues, how many divisions you want, and how many teams are in each division. I kept it simple with one sub-league, two divisions, and four teams in each division. After that you can name your league and team, and even chose their nationality. Following that you can chose whether you wish to use any minor leagues (I chose AAA), then chose some general settings such as whether to hold a draft, how long your season is, how many games each team plays, and so on. Finally, you'll manage your manager profile and once that's done, it's time to get to managing a team.
Here's where my review for OOTP13 gets a little…well, repetitive. I went back and took a look at my review for the 2012 game, and most of what was there mirrors my thoughts on this year's version, so I apologize now if this seems similar to last year's review as it's pretty much the same thing. As you begin the season, you start on January 1st of whatever year you're playing (most likely 2012 unless you're playing a historical season) and you see a news report from BNN (Baseball News Network) that announces you as the new manager of insert-team-here (in my case, the Columbus Dragons…yes, I named my team the Columbus Dragons). You then receive an email from the team owner that talks about the current situation with the team. In the case of the Dragons, I was told that there was some weakness at first and third base, short stop, right field, the bullpen, and the rotation. So just like last year, half my team needs work.
Thankfully, you have plenty of time until Spring Training to fine tune your team during the off-season. Much like last year you can manage your roster, check out your current financial situation, attempt to sign free-agents or request trades, and check out the current reports on how your team is doing. In fact, this is also what you'll be doing between games once the season gets going, and this, like last year, is the majority of the game. After all, it is a baseball management simulator. You can check out the current articles in the league newspaper (apparently I didn't visit a children's hospital this year), check stats around the leagues, and pretty much anything you want to do. As you progress day by day once the pre-season starts, you'll get emails about any injuries and breaking news around the league. I actually had a funny scenario come up where a player on another team (the Carson City Galaxy) had to permanently retire due to a major injury. However, at the bottom of the email he's listed as a free agent and I can offer him a contract. Thankfully they got a little smart here and if you click the button, they won't actually let you offer a contract to him. Too bad you couldn't offer a coaching-type contract, like a pitching coach or something. You can also actually post these emails to your Facebook or Twitter feeds…yes, your real life Facebook or Twitter feeds. Not a bad though, but still kind of head scratching unless you and your friends start your own league or something.
Once everything's good to go, it's time to actually play the game, and this hasn't changed at all since last year. Everything is still simulated. Again, I get that it's a baseball management simulator, but just picking what kind of pitch to throw or what to do at bat doesn't really intrigue me. Even though it's not my style, it's still pretty thorough. You can simulate the game inning by inning, or simulate the game in its entirety. If you don't want to do that, you can even simulate the season up to a certain date or time frame. In my case, I decided to simulate the entire pre-season and didn't do too bad, finishing up at 10-14. Yeah, .417 might wind me up at the bottom of the division, but a couple teams in the other division did worse, so I don't feel too bad. The owner's prediction for the Dragons was to end up at around .500 for the season. Not as good as last year when it was predicted I'd get the Reds to the playoffs, but probably a more likely scenario knowing my management skills.
That's really all there is. Navigating the screens can take a bit of getting used to, especially exiting (it seems like unless you choose Game -> Starting Screen first, hitting Exit Game won't actually exit the game…or do anything). Besides that, with the exception of the rosters (which I'm guessing are updated for the 2012 season) and the physical design of the game, it's virtually (pun slightly intended) the same as last year's installment. For the most part, that's fine. There are a few improvements they've made since the 2012 game outside of the look of the game. For instance, you can actually simulate games in real time. I checked it out, and I could actually "watch" another game taking place in "real time". Not a bad concept, but not one that I'd see getting a lot of use. They've also listed improved online league play and improved playoffs, but I haven't nearly gotten that far. Overall, if you don't have a prior version of the game (or at least 2012, because I'm not sure how the versions before that are), $39.99 isn't too bad of a price for a baseball management simulator this robust. However, if you do have Out of the Park '12, you might not want to upgrade to 2013 if the improvements don't seem like they're worth the $40.
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Overall, Out of the Park '13 made a few improvements over its predecessor, but the meat of the game is pretty much the same game, which is actually a good thing. If you already have Out of the Park '12, $39.99 might be too much for a few visual and AI improvements. If you don't have a prior OOTP game, OOTP13, much like last year's game, is an excellent baseball management simulator.
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